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Ballzproblem2:
SJohnsonSport on Maresca's open training in US:

“Some managers like to get their assistants to run an exercise as they observe from the sidelines, but Maresca was centre-stage throughout, doing almost as much running as his pupils.

The former Leicester coach even moved one of the mannequins into a new position rather than asking someone more junior to do it. The shouting, some of it encouragement, was incessant.”
(The Athletic)

All this PR just for wolves to trash us 3-0, premier league has a way of humbling you

Lol, it seems Potter and Poch don humble you.

I remember if same pr news happened during their era, you for deh shout " we go too cook cook" full everywhere

MorataFC:
😂😂😂
If Enzo is accused of rape or any player in the team, na captain errors nau, why he didn't caution him/them? 😂

It's just surprising bro

andrewbaba44:
If man city had won the ucl I would have said rodri deserves it

Bellingham would have taken it if England snatched the euros ,but I think vini deserved to win it due to the ucl masterclass

Rodri is easily a top 2/3 player in the world overall and the best DM in the world ,but common he shouldn’t win this ,he wasn’t mancity best player last season ,that was foden .

He might have also won the best player at the euros ,but we wey watch ball know say Fabian Ruiz and olmo was better

Jorginho win ucl and euros then ba ?

I just believe Rodri might win it due to compensation for Haaland not winning it last year and Rodri winning Euros as well as Euros best.

Rodri won epl and Euros, plus Man City not winning whenever he's not around might boost pr. I mean, Jorginho wasn't even top 5 in Chelsea when he climbed the podium, is it now Rodri whom you even say he's top 2/3 player in the world? Lol.

Make season start first and Rodri performs while Mbappe take Vini and Bellingham shine, you go know why I'm not surprised

andrewbaba44:
The anti Vinicius ballon d or campaign doesn’t make sense sha

I think he deserves it ,I don’t get this sudden rodri ballon d or campaign Walai

It was the same campaign that made Jorginho out of nowhere became one of the favorites for balon dor and won European best. I still can't believe till now Jorginho will ever come out Top 3 in balon dor ranking.

Tbh, I'm not surprised Rodri name is popping up and it's gathering momentum. If Jorginho can do it, why not Rodri who's even a better player and had a better season than Jorginho. Plus there's no Messi or Ronaldo to even skew things away from him

I'm not surprised one bit if you ask me

Boys with the steeze!!

The kit fine Sha

Ibunkun1:
na auto correct o. Una squad good, if you don't win something this season it'll be a great disservice to your efforts recently, and can be discouraging for your players, other clubs go start to dey poach them

Yeah...
Hopefully it doesn't gets to that oo. I believe it won't Sha

AdisaOwala:
But but pep is still in the PL na

How can you win?

Lol, I once said with or without Pep we can still win Epl

Ibunkun1:
na auto correct o. Una squad good, if you don't win something this season it'll be a great disservice to your efforts recently, and can be discouraging for your players, other clubs go start to dey poach them

I swear...

I see this season as a make or break season. Hopefully they don't disappoint the fans so that we'll shame rival clubs.

We don too collect for una hands

mostob:
Season never start, Tomiyasu don carry knee injury. Make we sell the guy and leave Zinchenko abeg.

Na wa oo.

Which kain life.

Thank God say we get Timber wey versatile like am

afrodoc2:
No we didn’t. We played all over the place and promoted him too quickly.

I think Patino should go to Spain. He will be valued more there. His lack of athleticism is what is counting again him in England.

No wonder cos I was surprised. I was looking forward to him the way I was looked forward to Greenwood and Palmer of Man City.
Well, he's still young sha and it's not too late. Maybe he'll still breakout.

Yea, I agree with you on Patino, his playing style and frame would suit la Liga better

afrodoc2:
😢

Lol...
That my piece na family matter epistle

afrodoc2:
Meanwhile it looks like you guys are releasing Charlie Patino.
It is ironic how Patino, Miguel Azeez, Shola Shoretire, and Hannibal Mejbri have all struggled to adapt to the senior game.

That is what makes making projections and predictions on youth prospects very difficult.

It's sad seeing that Patino might not make it here. I was really thinking he would be one of those who would make it and while I didn't get to watch him, I followed his progress on loan to see how he's faring but saw that he doesn't really have much game time there.

Truly, to make that jump from youth prospect to senior team isn't really easy.

Na that Shoretire truly I been dey hope for. Did you feel you guys really managed his growth well?

afrodoc2:
So you have actually watched him, but only clips.

You should have clarified now, instead of claiming you had never watched him at all.

😢

Well, I didn't say the bolded na.

Saying "I never watched him" is different from saying "I never watched him at all".

I'm just so glad we're getting players who really wants to play for arsenal. No wonder we can see it in their desire and zeal when they play.

I dunno but I always have this feeling during Wenger years that once you said you're an arsenal fan or that you'll love to play for Arsenal, then your chance of actually signing for arsenal is slim. I remember I and my arsenal uni friend then always joked about it of players who would always say they'll love to play for arsenal when linked (and they're really good players), yet Wenger would not carry on with the deal (even when we're initially serious). Not saying it's a fact, but I was really getting that vibe then.

Anyways, I'm really really really happy that we are getting players that really wants to come here. It'll be very difficult for such a player to be swayed away from the club

mostob:
Watching a player live and watching his YouTube clips are two different things.

Doc wan pin innocent me

afrodoc2:
You first said you had never WATCHED him but then you said you had WATCHED clips.


Which is it?

Lol, which Watching did you as a doctor tag dangerous when one relies on it?

That's the watching I was referring to...

andrewbaba44:
Ederson should accept that Saudi move ,he has achieved everything in club football

He should go and make more money like Oscar did ,that one didn’t achieve much though but he is currently the richest Brazilian footballer still playing after neymar

Some people gets contentment with ambition and money and not just after ONLY money.

There's time for everything sha. I really find it sad that a good talent like Oscar went away just for money when he could have easily achieved both in Europe(even though not like China). If he went there at his twilight age, it would have been understandable.

Well, it's his decision tho and I really respect it.

Ibunkun1:
Apart from UCL and the league, you guys can win something . We can win something too this season, but I never Sabi Mascara.

Lmaoo...
Coach never ever start with una you done dash am name already

mostob:
The issue with Partey is his injury. What he brings to our team, nobody else can. He is our midfield Dynamo. If he is staying, no problem then.

Yeah, I just hope he's injury free and I think that's what arsenal staff and crew are hoping too. He's just good for our system.

Sad he's injury prone

mostob:
Maybe when they wear the kit, we will see.

Be like na black short. The 3rd kit is cool sha.

I'm suspecting it's black shot too.

I've not seen the 3rd kit. Has it been released?

Abeg send pics if you don't mind

oliverano:
People are genuinely upset that Messi was not in that bus and you should know why. If he was there or even close to the bus when this happened, well, well...

Thing is that there are people who till today still argue that he was in the bus but hiding.

Reality is that, if he was there, this will surely not happen. It's a shame that it happened because they'll never beat the racial allegation battle. As such, they'll lose a lot of casuals as fans during international tournaments.

To each, their own...

The way it pains some people say Messi no dey ehh, e just deh funny. It's like this is the biggest opportunity for them to nail Messi but unfortunately for them, e no work, so they're just throwing anything that sticks.

Rodrigo De Paul said immediately they won against Colombia in the finals, that they wanted to run out and mock Colombia team because the Colombia players mocked Messi and di Maria saying that they're old and thus past it but Messi intervened and stopped them saying no one is mocking anybody or any nation that they should carry on with their celebration. That one no garner reactions or publicity.

Everybody know wetin dey worry dem sha

Ijustwantto:
What exactly are you trying to bring out from this? Troll Leo? Lol😂😂
You and the former gbelsea striker too mumu. Do you know if messi has spoken to Enzo? Do you know what is happening behind the closed door? Or is it everything you expect Leo to bring on social media? Baba wey neva even post his 45 trophies celebration on IG😂
All of Una want to turn messi to professional beggar. He apologized for psg fans during his time in France, apologized for china fans for not participating in a friendly in Miami, he should now come and apologize again for what he didn't do, because he is the captain 🤣🤣
If you all are not okay with Enzo apology, you should carry the case to court 😂😂

People just deh look for anything to talk.

Enzo, an adult and professional player uploaded a clip, have apologised but e no do dem, na Messi own dey wan hear.

Dem no wan hear coach own, dem no wan hear one of the players caught on the video oo, na Messi own dem wan hear because he's captain. This is the first time I'm hearing such nonsense tbh.

Suarez racially abused evra, nobody talk say Gerrard must come apologise or talk about it.

Sha, it's the ex-player's personal opinion. Let's just leave it at that

Ijustwantto:
Why e con look like gbadrid jersey from afar

Na from that time we dey hot na

Ibunkun1:
una no go win anything sha 🏃🏃

Lmaoo...

Na this season everything go end. I fit wager on that

But una, you sure say una go fit win anything or enter top 4 this season??

Ibunkun1:
Una kit advert mad sha

Swearss!!, E really make sense.

Arsenal don dey try for all these pr stuff

afrodoc2:

A wise man once said

afrodoc2:
I have not really watched him but depending on clips is usually dangerous.

I wonder what changed??

MSGAMBLE9:
What am saying is that loaning a player to Sevilla ( whose financial mess is on par with Barca) and expecting them to permanent him is a pipe dream.... with the kind of performance Sambi had at Luton last season we should have waited for a PL team and sell at higher price if Chelsea and City can sell developmental players at £20m, doing business with Sevilla ( who won't pay at end of season) at 10m for a player with 3+ years of PL experience is a bad deal..


It's would definitely affect incomings.

You made quite a lot of sense here.

Actually, e be like say we dey try for incoming but sucks at outgoing. The kind of experience and performance he had at Luton last season, anything less than 25m should have been a bad deal.

If we were the one going for him, we would have used 35m to sign him. I dunno why we're bad at outgoings. See even 25yr old Zinny, we wan sell am for 18m

mostob:
None and both. I need a player who combines both.

That player that combines both is scarce ooo.

But I'll prefer Zubi sha. Merino is 28. 2yrs later now, he'll be 30 and we'll start looking for another midfielder for him. Plus he had unsuccessful stints at Newcastle and Dortmund (esp Newcastle). Personally, I wouldn't want him at all

mostob:
We might sign about 2 midfielders bro. Havertz is now playing CF and Partey might leave.

It's good Havertz will now be playing Cf. I really no wan see am anywhere near that midfield.

I'm hearing we might give Partey one last shot and move him on for free if we don't get any tangible offer this season for him instead of selling him for peanuts. I'm also reading that even Partey himself doesn't feel like going that's why it's easy to come through that decision. We'll see Sha, but I doubt we'll sign two midfielders esp in this window

mostob:
I don't. That pink and black (with gold) were better than this one bro.

You mean this?
If yes, that's like 2 seasons ago na

Well this our away kit, they just want to add some African blend to it

mostob:
I actually want a combination of Merino and Zubimendi. Zubimendi is technical but Merino is physical and very good in duels.
Yorobuchi
We dey play them soon. Right now, for this season, it is Calafiori vs Yorochi vs Veiga.

If you were to choose between Zubi and Merino, who will you go for?

Lol, I'm not really on about preseason sha. Na August I dey wait for

mostob:
Our best kit for this season would be the training kit followed by the home kit. The others na wack.

You don't like our away kit??